The Bucket List.

[Mrs. Warrior]

After a violent assault I had an MRI which showed I had suffered a stroke and had developed encephalomacia. I researched this condition and learned that depending on the severity it could end in coma and death.

I had given my younger years committed to being a good military wife and a good mother to our children. When one of our daughters and granddaughters were abandoned we took them into our lives and loved them with all our ability to make sure they had what they needed to thrive.

I started planning a bucket list of things I wanted to see and do. I began asking myself if now was the time for me to think about what I wanted to do with the rest of my life? I had never been out to see the west and so we agreed to plan a trip. I wanted to see a whale off the California coast; my husband asked if I wanted to swim with one? I said definitely not! I want to live to tell the tale, not get smacked by one.

But then fear of not living became an ominous cloud over my sky and I started to trip on the bucket. God asked me to let His promise to me become my North star, to lift my head up high. “I know the plans that I have for you, a plan for good an not evil, to see good days and long life”.

It was time to kick that bucket away from me! I began to make a “live to love”list. I wanted to honor God with my stories and to give our grand children a good platform for them to jump into their futures from. Our adult children had grown to be our closest friends and that was an ever growing bond that was formed in the womb.

I tried to start a ministry for wounded women in the church we attended but I was told that women could only work in the nursery! I was knocked on an aggravated butt! When I helped a needy family who could not afford their grocery's I gave a witness of love by my actions, unbeknownst to me, several members of the church noticed my act of kindness and commented about it later.

I had never been involved in politics before, but I had a visit from an angelic messenger telling me that now was the time when with all the wrong news that our wounded nation needed to hear about the good news of Jesus Christ; that with churches closed by the fear of a weapon formed from a bug that it was time to bring Jesus out the closed church buildings and into the masked mayhem where people were being told they were “germs”. I started to teach publicly. “Teach”in Hebrew means to “point in the right direction”. I said “from the place where I stand in my six feet, this is my hard fought for piece of America, and I will shout to you that “ I love you, you are not a germ””.

That was what people needed to hear, that the cry for freedom is the North star given by God to shine brightly over the American sky! The founding fathers built a mother country based on godly principles and from her womb came a constitution.

But because of greed, attempts were made to cut out part of its creed,

What can never be stolen is the home land of the freed!

Our bond as Americans will not be broken, it is a living bond;

Grown stronger by the need under God;

In Him and by Him we live and feed!

[combat_boots]

I like this

Inspiration for everyone

[DIRTYSECRET]

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[bgill]

hugs

[SES1066]

A very positive guide on living a God-filled life that is so much better than a simple bucket list!

[Glad2bnuts]

Good on you.

[eastexsteve]

Also remember that your body is the temple of your soul made in His image. It is your responsibility to do whatever it takes to be as healthy as possible. Prayers to your success.